Course Overview

Get confident with your Garmin GPS and learn how to plan, transfer and follow your own walking routes.

Owning a GPS is one thing. Feeling confident enough to actually use it when you're out walking is another.

Our one-day Garmin GPS Training course is a friendly, practical day designed to help you understand your GPS and, most importantly, give you the confidence to use it when you're out exploring on your own.

We keep our courses hands-on. You'll spend time indoors learning how your GPS works and getting the important settings right, then head outside and put what you've learnt into practice.

During the day we'll cover everything from waypoints and following routes to TrackBack, creating a route or course directly on your GPS and planning your own walks using our GPS Training Ordnance Survey Route Planner.

By the end of the course, our aim is for you to understand not just which buttons to press, but why and when to use them.

Your training doesn't finish at the end of the course

Everyone attending the course also receives one year's access to the GPS Training  online resource and one year's email support, normally worth £80.

That means when you get home and can't quite remember how we did something, you're not left trying to work it out alone.

The Online Resource gives you access to our training material and GPS Training OS Route Planner, so you can continue practising and building your confidence long after the course has finished.

Is this course for me?

This course is designed for the newer generation of Garmin handheld GPS devices, including:

Garmin eTrex 22x, 32x, SE, Solar & NEW Touch • GPSMAP 65, 66, 67, 86, H1 & H1i Plus • Montana 700 Series

Don't worry if you're fairly new to GPS navigation. That's exactly what the day is for. We'll build your knowledge throughout the course and give you plenty of opportunities to use your own GPS and ask questions.

Please bring your GPS with you, together with the USB cable supplied with your unit.

If you don't yet own a Garmin GPS, or you'd like to try a different model, please let us know before the course. We may be able to provide one of our loan GPS units for you to use during the day.

If you're thinking about upgrading your GPS or need any accessories, we'll also have a selection of GPS units and accessories available to purchase on the day. It's a great opportunity to look at the different options, ask us questions and make sure you're choosing the right equipment for you.

What will I learn & What do I need?

Morning | 9.30am to approximately 12.30pm

We'll start by getting to know your GPS and making sure it is set up correctly before putting it to use.

You'll learn:

• How the GPS system works
• How to set up your GPS unit
• How to use waypoints
• How to navigate using Routes or Courses and GoTos
• A simple pre and post-walk routine

There will be plenty of hands-on practice as we work through the morning, including taking your GPS outside and putting what you've learnt into action.

Afternoon | 1.00pm to approximately 4.30pm

In the afternoon we'll bring everything together, including planning a walk and then using your GPS to navigate it.

You'll learn:

• How to plan a walk using the GPS Training OS Route Planner
• How to send a route to your GPS
• How to follow a route or course on your GPS
• How to use TrackBack and Reverse Route
• How to create a route or course directly on your GPS
• What to do when things don't quite go to plan
• Time for your questions

What do I need to bring?

Please bring:

• Your Garmin GPS
• The USB cable supplied with your GPS
• Suitable outdoor clothing and footwear
• Waterproofs
• Your lunch

Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided during the day.

We're not very good at long lunches, but there will be time for a break and a well-earned cuppa!

Location

Clayton Village Hall, Clayton Village, West Sussex, BN6 9PJ

Road miles to:

- Brighton – 8 miles
- London – 50 miles
- Maidstone – 66 miles
- Southampton – 70 miles
- Reading – 77 miles
- Bournemouth – 99 miles

Terms & Conditions

GPS Training - Booking Terms & Conditions

Please read these Terms & Conditions before booking a GPS Training course. By making a booking, you confirm that you have read, understood and accepted them.

1. Bookings

Once you have made a booking online or by telephone and paid the course fee, your booking is confirmed and you are entering into a contract with GPS Training, which is part of Shepherds Walks Ltd.

Registered office:
Shepherds Walks Ltd
Unit 1B, Coquet View
Rothbury
Morpeth
NE65 7RZ

Bookings are accepted in Sterling only. If you pay by credit card in another currency, you will be responsible for any currency conversion costs incurred.

We will send confirmation of your booking by email.

2. Payment

All courses must be paid for in full at the time of booking.

3. Cancellation or amendment by you

Cancelling your course

If you wish to cancel your course booking, you must notify us in writing by email.

56 days or more before the course date
You will receive a full refund, less a £10 administration charge, or you can transfer free of charge to another course. If you choose to transfer, the new booking will be non-refundable and non-transferable.

More than 28 days but less than 56 days before the course date
You will receive a 50% refund, or you can transfer free of charge to another course. If you choose to transfer, the new booking will be non-refundable and non-transferable.

Less than 28 days before the course date
No refund will be given.

Changing the person attending

If you are unable to attend, you may arrange for someone else to attend the course in your place.

You must notify us by email at least 7 days before the course date. A £10 administration charge will apply.

Non-attendance

If you do not attend your booked course, no refund will be given.

4. Cancellation or changes by GPS Training

We reserve the right to cancel a course if there are not enough bookings for the course to go ahead.

If we need to cancel for this reason, we will endeavour to give you at least two weeks' notice before the course date.

You can then choose to:

• Transfer your booking to another available course date, or
• Receive a full refund

We may occasionally need to make changes to a course, such as changing the Tutor, venue, timings or practical elements. If we need to make a significant change, we will let you know as soon as reasonably possible.

5. Insurance

We strongly recommend that you have appropriate insurance in place to cover:

• Personal accident
• Cancellation of your course by you or GPS Training
• Loss of personal belongings
• Personal liability

GPS Training cannot accept responsibility for illness, injury or loss, except where this is caused by our proven negligence.

6. Circumstances beyond our control (Force Majeure)

We will not be liable to pay compensation if we have to cancel or change any aspect of a course because of circumstances beyond our control which we, or our host location managers, could not reasonably have foreseen or prevented.

These circumstances include, but are not limited to:

• War or threat of war
• Terrorist activity
• Riots or civil unrest
• Industrial disputes
• Natural or nuclear disasters
• Fire
• Bad weather

7. Health and safety

Your health, safety and wellbeing are a priority throughout our courses. All courses are run in accordance with our Health & Safety Policy, which is available on request from our office.

It is your responsibility to tell your Course Leader or Tutor about any medical condition that may affect your ability to take part safely in the course or associated outdoor activities.

All of our GPS Training courses include an outdoor practical session, giving you the opportunity to put what you have learnt into practice. Occasionally, we may need to adapt the outdoor session to suit the weather, ground conditions or other circumstances on the day.

8. Course information

We make every effort to ensure that the information, descriptions, photographs and other content on our website and in our course literature are accurate and provided in good faith.

They are intended to give you a general picture of the course and do not form part of the contract between us.

We may update or improve our courses from time to time. This means that the exact course content or participant experience may occasionally differ from the descriptions or images shown on our website or in other course literature.

9. Complaints

We will always try to resolve any problems as quickly as possible.

If you have a concern or complaint during your course, please speak to your Course Leader or Tutor so that we have the opportunity to resolve it at the time.

If the matter cannot be resolved to your satisfaction, please contact our office in writing within 14 days of completing the course, giving us full details of your complaint.

We will respond within 14 days of receiving your complaint.

10. Online Resource

Where Online Resource access is included with your course, you will receive one year's access to the GPS Training Online Resource.

The Online Resource is provided, maintained and managed by GPS Training and may be updated or changed from time to time as we improve the training and resources available.

Access is for your personal use only and must not be shared with another person.

Your access will end at the end of the period included with your course unless you choose to renew it.

11. Your personal details

We take the protection of your personal information seriously and will handle your details in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal information.